Friday 31st August 2012 - Weather And General Chat

[The PIT]

A clear very cold start. Met office got the night time min extremely wrong.

Temp 4.6C

Wind calm

rainfall nil

[Coast]

6.7°C

1027.0 mb rising 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 7.1mph gusting 11.7 mph max NW

DP 4.1°C

Humidity 81%

2.0mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1107ft

Bright and sunny, quite a change in temperature this morning - it feels quite chilly out there!

[MP-R]

6.2C overnight, now 6.6C with sunny skies! Feels like a frosty morning in winter though!

[Optimus Prime]

Very cold start for the end of August (althoguh not for late September) with the low this morning at 5.1c.

It is of course, sunny and clear though.

[DeepSnow]

A cool start thismorning with a low overnight of 6.4C, clear and calm though!

Temperature 9.5C

Pressure 1019MB

Humidity 75%

[johnholmes]

clear and sunny start to the day after a cold night with a low of 4.9C, the lowest here since 17 May

[Terminal Moraine]

A clear and cool night, the coldest August night here since the record low of 5.1c in 1992.

A dry and sunny start to the day but in the last hour patches of Ac and Cc have developed, making the sunshine very hazy at times.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp', 11.4c

24 hr max', 13.4c

24 hr min, 5.3c

Grass min', 3.0c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, 0.4 mm

Mean wind speed, 6 mph W

2 oktas Ac and Ci

Vis', over 80 km.

[Kent Snow]

13.6C, few cumulus, sunny, wind from the NW, 1028hPa.

Minimum last night 7.8C.

[Polar Continental]

Friday 31st August 2012:

Under a clear sky overnight the temperature dropped to 2.5c by dawn with 0.8c on the grass, so just missing a ground frost here. The coldest August night on local record since 1991. Sunny spells so far this morning, still on the chilly side at observation, though the temperature is rising rapidly now.

Today's readings for the 24 hrs up to 09:00 GMT:

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 16.2°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 2.5°C

24-hour maximum 16.2°C

24-hour minimum: 2.5°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 0.8°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 15.0 MPH W

Rainfall total: tr.mm

Current Conditions:

3 Oktas: Stratocumulus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 9.8°C

Humidity: 94.7%

Dew point 9.0°C

Wind Direction: Force 0 calm

Barometer 1031mb: Trend: rising.

Yesterday:

Variable cloud overnight with a short light shower passing through around dawn. The morning has been cloudy to observation with just a couple of brief light showers, cloud breaks are visible and spreading this way from the north. A mostly cloudy and early afternoon followed with just brief glimpses of the sun. From mid afternoon more sunny spells developed, though with a good deal of cloud at times. The evening quickly turned chilly under a clearing sky.

August 2012 so far.

Mean temperature: 16.9 (0.5c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 25.0c on the 18th

Minimum temperature: 2.5c on the 31st

Grass Minimum: 0.8c on the 31st

Rainfall 60.7 mm

Wettest 24 hours 12.0 mm on the 15th

Maximum wind gust: 26.0 mph NE on the 15th.

2012 so far

Maximum temperature: 29.0c on the 24th July.

Minimum temperature: -8.9c on the 4th Feb

Grass Minimum: -11.2c on the 4th Feb

Rainfall = 616.7 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 20.4mm on the 28th June

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[marky810]

Currently 11.4c with a mostly clear sky and a light westerly.

The overnight low here was 5.3c and I noticed that it got down to 1.3c up at Topcliffe.

[TonyH]

Clear periods with a touch of ground frost last night.

Sunny periods with a moderate NW breeze this morning.

Min: 2.0c @ 0300

Max so far today: 16.0c

Rain yesterday: Trace

[Andy Bown]

Sunny spells, scattered Cumulus, Cirrus to the W/NW, calm, 15.7c, 71% humidity.

[TonyH]

Clouded over by 1400, a cool day for late August with a moderate NW breeze.

Max: 16.7c @ 1300

Currently: Cloudy.

Temp: 14.7c

RH: 70%

Pressure: 1031mbar, steady all day.

[Letitsnowyorkshire]

Some very early snow for parts of Austria today In Kichberg/Kitzbuhel at only 750m asl http://www.snoweye.com/?page=at-tyrol-east

[The PIT]

A pleasant day until late afternoon when it clouded over followed by unforecast light Rain

Max temp 16.3C

wind f2 wsw

rainfall trace

[marky810]

Overcast & calm with light rain now. 16c after a max of 16.6c.

[Terminal Moraine]

A clear and sunny start to the morning but increasing Cu reduced the sunshine to sunny intervals by late morning.

Thickening high and medium level cloud shut out the sun altogether after 1300 g.m.t and light rain arrived at 1600 g.m.t.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 10.7c

Max' today, 15.3c

Min' last night 5.3c

Grass min', 3.0c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t, 0.4 mm

Sunshine today, 5.41 hrs

Mean wind speed, 3 mph W

Highest gust today, 22 mph W at 1230 g.m.t

8 oktas Ns

Continuous light rain

Vis', 65 km.

[Stargazer]

Clear and unusually cold start; dry all day with sunny spells, has now clouded over. Maximum 18.5, minimum 6.9. Wind light W.

[The PIT]

Light Rain slowly clearing but a colder night then forecast already.

Temp 10.9C

Rainfall 0.8mm

wind F1SW

[Kent Snow]

12.6C, mid level frontal cloud, wind light, 1028hPa.